It's a rumor that crops up every year and has Apple supposedly bringing NFC support to whatever iPhone it is working on at the time. This year has been no different, but with perhaps a little more to it this time around. If you've been hopeful of an NFC equipped iPhone in the past, then you may be in luck.
Although most of the rumors we'll be hearing over the next couple of weeks will likely tread on old ground, the fact that we've official confirmation of the iPhone 6 event places renewed emphasis on whatever is divulged. For example, it has long since been suggested that Apple's next-gen iPhone will be pricier than the current-generation iPhone 5s, but with carriers now coming through with figures for the retail run of the fruit company's impending handset, we perhaps didn't realize just how much more it will be costing.
Although many of us have now adapted to the idea of a touch-based keyboard, there are still limitations to this feature. One of the glaringly obvious caveats is that when a keyboard is in use, it can often command half of a device's display real estate, and in some instances, we're forced to cease typing in order to review the content we've written or are replying to. Inconvenient indeed, but the author of the Minuum keyboard, which has a popular following on Android, has pledged its name to the long list of developers porting products over to iOS 8, and with it, confirmed that it will include a neat feature that will see the keyboard adjust in height.
Earlier on today, Apple confirmed the news that the blogosphere had long since suspected - that the special iPhone 6 / iWatch event would indeed be held in 13 days' time on September 9th. Wasting little time, preparations for the keynote are already well under way, and although the Cupertino company is doing its level best to keep everything under wraps, those in the know have already begun trying to piece together what's in store.
For a while now, it has been suggested that Apple will strengthen the front panel of the upcoming iPhone 6 with sapphire glass, but while there have been conflicting reports indicating that only some variants of the impending handset would indulge, one analyst has come through with something a little more clarifying. Apparently, every single model of the 5.5-inch iPhone 6L will be laden in the clearer, more robust sapphire glass material, while only a portion of the 4.7-inch inventory will follow suit.
Apple has just sent out the press invitations for the special iPhone 6 event, and as has been suspected for a number of weeks now, it will fall on September 9th. Of course, we don't yet know precisely what the tech giant has up its sleeve, but with the showcasing having now been confirmed, we won't have to wait too much longer for the big reveal.
Earlier this month, we learned that the famed BioShock was to be released on Apple's iOS, and after a few weeks of making the final preparations, the iconic title is now ready to download for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Apple looks poised to break several long-standing habits when it unleashes the iPhone 6 at some point in the next few weeks, and among them, the Cupertino company will apparently roll out near-field communication, or NFC. Although numerous Android vendors have offered this little piece of hardware for a good couple of generations now, Apple may finally indulge in a feature that enables, for example, the processing of mobile payments. Yet while some reports have indicated that only the larger, 5.5-inch iPhone will get NFC, a new report instead suggests that both models of iPhone 6 will be treated to this technology.
With Samsung having already rolled out a handful of smartwatches and several other companies jumping on the Android Wear bandwagon, it's strongly suspected that Apple will also come through with its first smartwatch at some point later this year. For the most part, it has been suggested that the 'iWatch' would arrive after the small matter of the iPhone 6 and iPad refresh had been resolved, but now, a very reliable source has indicated that a new wearable will also be on the agenda for September 9th.
Apple's iPhone 6 has been leaked incessantly over the past few months, and despite having had many close-up looks at the revised form factor, a new head-to-head video pitting the device up against the iPhone 5s shows just how much work the Cupertino giant has put into improvements this time around. Unfortunately, but as we'd expect at this stage, the iPhone 6 isn't fully operational, but nevertheless, you get a rough idea of what it'll be like to hold.
















